Parallelism, Antithesis, and Rhetorical Appeals

Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")

• Allusion
• Rhetorical Question
• Emotionally Charged Diction

• Antithesis

the placing of opposing or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their differences

• antithesis
• asyndeton
• diction
• polysyndeton

In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.

• Diction
• Parallelism
• Antithesis

Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)

• Antithesis
• Parallelism
• Diction
  Rhetorical question

"He walked to the store; he walked to the library; he walked to the apartment"

• parallelism
• antithesis
• diction
• polysyndeton

a set of words, phrases, or clauses that all follow the same structural pattern

• diction
• parallelism
• antithesis
• asyndeton

This quote is and example of . . .

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Repetition

The following is an example of

• Antithesis

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical Question

This quote is and example of . . .

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Repetition

The following is an example of what Rhetorical Device?



• Antithesis

• Rhetorical Question

• Parallelsim

• Allusion